Why did you quit / cut down on smoking?

[Alien Traveler]

I have been subverted by propaganda. You know, all this talk about cancer, heart issues… I believed and started quitting smoking a few years ago in a semiprofessional way. Finally I tried vaping…


P.S. I had no problems because of smoking besides smell – mine and ashtrays’.

 

[K_Tech]

It's funny about the "too expensive" comments - not that smokes AREN'T expensive. When I started smoking, cigarettes were around $0.50 - $0.75 a pack from vending machines. I recall when the late wife and I both swore we'd quit when cigarettes went over $2.00 a pack. Then $3.00 a pack... and so on.

I'm certainly NOT saying saving money isn't a valid reason to quit - it's just not mine. I quit for me, not for my wallet.

 

[AndriaD]

It's funny about the "too expensive" comments - not that smokes AREN'T expensive. When I started smoking, cigarettes were around $0.50 - $0.75 a pack from vending machines. I recall when the late wife and I both swore we'd quit when cigarettes went over $2.00 a pack. Then $3.00 a pack... and so on.

I'm certainly NOT saying saving money isn't a valid reason to quit - it's just not mine. I quit for me, not for my wallet.

Same here, and it looked pretty expensive at first, when I was still buying cigarettes. But just as soon as I stopped buying them... suddenly there was all this money that was never there before. I'm pretty modest in my needs and desires, but I do like new shiny things, and I'm saving so much money not buying cigarettes (or even ejuice, since I make 99% of everything I vape), if I shop around for good deals, I can buy new shiny things now and then -- it's fun. And dragging ourselves out of a terrible financial hole is fun too, in a different way.

Andria

 

[SaintChrisMore]

I pretty much quit as soon as I vaped a real setup! Cig smoke is disgusting! And at the same time quit my other habit... Now I'm nearly a year clean and tobacco free! I feel a million times healthier! Tobacco user for 17years+\-

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Why did you quit / cut down on smoking?

I switched to vaping to save money.
Yes it can save money about 75% so far for me.
I also found I enjoyed vaping much more than smoking.

 

[K_Tech]

Same here, and it looked pretty expensive at first, when I was still buying cigarettes. But just as soon as I stopped buying them... suddenly there was all this money that was never there before. I'm pretty modest in my needs and desires, but I do like new shiny things, and I'm saving so much money not buying cigarettes (or even ejuice, since I make 99% of everything I vape), if I shop around for good deals, I can buy new shiny things now and then -- it's fun. And dragging ourselves out of a terrible financial hole is fun too, in a different way.

Andria

I admire your restraint, I have the impulse control of a four-year-old with a Platinum card, lol.